Vocabulary
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| 笃定 篤定 | certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 苏东坡 蘇東坡 | Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher | Proper Noun |
| 黄州 黃州 | Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 太守 太守 | governor of a province | Proper Noun |
| 王安石 王安石 | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | Proper Noun |
| 陶渊明 陶淵明 | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | Proper Noun |
| 世界报 世界報 | the name of various newspapers, notably Le Monde (France), El Mundo (Spain) and Die Welt (Germany) | Proper Noun |
| 法国人 法國人 | Frenchman; French person | Proper Noun |
| 吐蕃 吐蕃 | Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet; the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD; also pr. [Tu3 fan1] | Proper Noun |
| 禅宗 禪宗 | Zen Buddhism | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 启明 啟明 | Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn | Proper Noun |
| 安国 安國 | Anguo, county-level city in Baoding, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 赤壁 赤壁 | Chibi, county-level city in Xianning, Hubei; Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district of Huanggang city, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208 | Proper Noun |
| 芙蓉 芙蓉 | Furong district of Changsha city, Hunan; Seremban, capital of Sembilan state, Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 东坡肉 東坡肉 | stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 | Proper Noun |
| 甘州 甘州 | Ganzhou district of Zhangye city, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 东坡 東坡 | Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 徐 徐 | slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified | |
| 肚皮 肚皮 | belly | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 坚 堅 | hard, strong, firm; resolute | |
| 曹 曹 | ministry officials; surname | |
| 江水 江水 | river water | |
| 变法 變法 | to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method | |
| 乌 烏 | crow, rook, raven; black, dark | |
| 意识到 意識到 | to be aware of; to realize | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 大圆 大圓 | great circle (in spherical geometry) | |
| 前程 前程 | future (career etc) prospects | |
| 全盘 全盤 | overall; comprehensive | |
| 官称 官稱 | title; official appellation | |
| 不及 不及 | to fall short of; not as good as; too late | |
| 且说 且說 | thus | |
| 一肚皮 一肚皮 | bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) | |
| 小民 小民 | ordinary people; commoner; civilian | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 政治家 政治家 | statesman; politician | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 八方 八方 | the eight points of the compass; all directions | |
| 沉船 沉船 | shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship | |
| 江边 江邊 | river bank | |
| 江湖 江湖 | rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( | |
| 平方公里 平方公里 | square kilometer | |
| 竹 竹 | bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 | |
| 怀 懷 | bosom, breast; carry in bosom | |
| 信守 信守 | to abide by; to keep (promises etc) |